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It's very clear around certain topics--GMOs, pesticides, gun-control, and a few others. There are accounts that follow those keywords and only comment on relate
by diogenescynic 10y ago
It's very clear around certain topics--GMOs, pesticides, gun-control, and a few others. There are accounts that follow those keywords and only comment on related articles and only during 9-5 business hours.
- AlexCoventry 10y agoCould you list a few?
- diogenescynic 10y agoFiremylasers, jf_queeny, sleekery, and Decapentaplegia are the most frequent I've noticed.
- randomdata 10y ago> jf_queeny Considering that J. F. Queeny[1] founded Monsanto, that seems like a strange choice for a covert shill account. While I don't read much about other issues you may be referring to, being a farmer[2], I end up coming across the GMO and pesticide topic fairly often and I've noticed it tends to attract a lot of misinformation about agriculture. I expect, in many cases, these accounts follow these interest groups because they are easy targets to make fun of. Bullies perhaps, but unsurprisingly the internet has them just like the real world. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Francis_Queeny https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Francis_Queeny [2] It's Sunday afternoon. You'll have to trust I'm not working overtime. :)
- bittercynic 10y agoNo doubt reddit does have this problem in a big way, but the pattern you describe could also come from a true believer who spends a lot of their work day surfing reddit and trying to advance their cause.
- toufka 10y agoLikely true. However those particular topics are specifically ones where people with no informed background flippanlty reject the knowledgebase of people with professional background. And that casual disdain for life-long experience also can grid the gears of the informed strongly enough to comment.